During the band’s initial run in the early ’90s, Slowdive was a victim of genre pigeonholing. The English quintet was fronted by vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Neil Halstead and vocalist and ...

Shoegaze icons Slowdive have been working on the follow-up to 2017’s wonderful self-titled comeback throughout the pandemic, and it’s finally done. Guitarist Neil Halstead casually broke the news ...

Slowdive, the British rock band, has been making dreamy guitar-rich records since the early 1990s. They pioneered something called shoegaze, a heavily layered style of music. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, ...

For staunch fans of his music in the early 1990s, Halstead‘s transformation might seem like treason. Slowdive, after all, were a fiercely alternative group of teenagers from Reading, and the only ...

It's easy to lose track of time with Neil Halstead. From his work with shoegaze notables Slowdive, to the dustier efforts of Mojave 3, and now on his own, the British singer-songwriter has a knack for ...

Locust—the long-running project of British electronic musician Mark Van Hoen—have shared a new song, “Long Distance Lover,” which features Slowdive’s Neil Halstead on guitar and vocals from Irish ...

Locust, the project of iconic English electronic musician Mark Van Hoen, has released his new track “Long Distance Lover", featuring guitar from Slowdive member Neil Halstead and vocals from Irish ...

Honey-toned singer Neil Halstead has a solo acoustic session planned for Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15am Honey-toned singer Neil Halstead has a solo acoustic session planned for Morning Becomes ...

English songwriter Neil Halstead doesn't just sing, he serenades. Halstead has been known for his writing and arrangement talents, providing the majority of songs for six albums already -- three from ...

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